Coin-controlled vending-machine.



I R; D. SIMPSON. I COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

Patented Sspt 15,v1908.

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No. 898,995. Specification of Letters Patent. Patentedflept. 15, 19068 Application filed. Hovember. 6, 1907. Serial No. 400,994.

To all it may coh'c'em:

Be it known that I, ROBERT D. SIMPSON,

- citizen of the United States, residing at C0- lumbus, in the. county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new. and use ful 1m rovements in Coin-Controlled Vending l\ achines, of which the following is. a-

specification.

M 'mvent1on relates to com controlled venrmg machines and has particular relation to that class of vendin machines which are adapted to dispense sa ted peanuts and similar confections.

The objects of my invention are to provide a vending nuichine of improved construction and arrangement of arts; to provide an improved co1n c0ntrol ed mechanism; to provide improved 7 means for connecting and locking together the various parts of the machine and to produce certain improvements in details of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter.

throughout the several views.

In carrying out my invention, I em loy a hollow base section 1, the lower and rger end portion of which. embraces a bottom late or disk 2 held in position by the means hereinafter described. U on the base section 1 rests the downwar y extending neck ortion of a casing 3, the base section having ibrmed on its inner side the desired number of uplwardly projecting in s 4', the outer sides of w ich are engaged by t e inner surface of the casing neck. A

In its upper portion the casing 3 is formed with a horizontal transverse artition plate 5 which is. preferably provided with perforations or openings 6. This perforated plate is formed on one side with an outlet pocket or channel-like chute 7 the bottom of which inclines downwardly and outwardly from the These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying (pi'ortio'n from a center of the plate and the. outer open termination of which is, as shown, extended through an opening in the casing well. To f the sides of this outward extension are The vertical wall of the casing 3 at a. point i above the wall of the partition 5, is slotted at 9 to receive the reduced inner portion 0 a slot mouth piece 10, the latter consisting of a suitably shaped metallic body having a ver tical recess 10 extendi throughoutfthe greater portion of its heig t and being held in place at its lower end by havihghan inward and downward extension 10 whic as showh in Fig, 1, enga es an opening in the casing section 3 below t e partition 5. Near one Side of the slot mouth piece, I form in the late 5 a. short radially slotted opening 11 which is of slightly less length than the diameter of a penny. I also form in the plate 5 a sedan slot 11 somewhat larger than the slot 11 an" which is arranged radially at a distance from and circular alinement with said slotted openmg 11.

12 represents a rigid plate which colliprises a substantially straight shank oi'tion 12 from which extends a curved bo portion 12", the latter having a longitu' any curved opening extending throughout the.

eater ortion of its length. The outwardl' owed side of the body portion of the ratch'e plate is formed with a plurality of inclined projecting teeth which are indicated at 13 while the inner surface of the inwardly b0:- ed sideof the plate is provided with projecting teeth 14. The shank portion 12 of the ratchet plate is pivoted at its outer end to a pin 12 which rises from the plate 5 at 9', oint adjacent to the periphery thereof. On its inner side the ratchet plateis rovided with a projecting pin 15 about whic is coiled the end of a spring 16, the outer end of the latter abutting against a stop lug '17 w i'ch rises from the plate 5, said spring tending to force the ratchet plate outward toward the outer side of the casing.

Rotatsbly mounted within the casing 3 above the late 5 is an operating member 18 which, as s own, is in the form of a. disk se' ment and comprises an upperhoriz'ontal pla c the plate 5. .{ldjacen't to its outersi e the ember 18 his formed therein a poo st or ortion of which eittends T ownwardly a we; 1 19 which bears loosely on swung until itsfpttkt' is immediately above the chute 7, thereby dropping the con tents of the pocket into said chute and delivraring said contents into \the outward exten- Si'on ofthe chute 'from which the same may "be readily removed by\temporarily raising 1 thus discontinued, it is obvious that the v will be again 10c slightly sma order to obviate this difiicult spring 16 will operate to return\the ratchet piste to its normal position and that the spring 18 will operate to return the member 18 to its normal osition in which position it ed until the insertion of a. second enny within the slot mouth piece. In or or to rovide against the insertion of slugs or 0t er devices in lieu of pennies, I have provided the slotted opem'n l 1 throu h which is ada ted to drop disks which may-is er than the penny. Heretofore, considerable difficulty has been ex erienced in machines of this class, arising cm the fact that peanuts or other goods contained in the receptacle or globe, become projected through the outlet opening and do not fill the discharging ocket. In

7 .I. have proaided the vertical pin 23 on t e member 18, which as said member is rotated will work through the body of peanuts immediately above the pocket breaking any bridge-like accumulation of the peanuts over the pocket and in order that this in may not'interfere with the proper operation of the machine, I have provided the slot 28in the plate 26 within which said in may move without interference with said late.

It will be observed t at the base section 1, the casing section 3 the receptacle 30 and the top ring 31, will e held together by the rod 33 and that this rod is so protectedby the eap 38 as to prevent access being gained thereto until said cap is removed.

In order to open the base ofthe machine r'or the purpose of removing the peanuts or salt accumulations, a key may be inserted in 1-1.8 lock 39 and the bolt 39 withdrawn from contact with the lugs 32, after which the cap 33 ma be readily unscrewed from the upper three ed end of the rod 33. This being accomplished the rod 37 may be rotated until lower threaded end is out of enga ement with the bottom plate 2, permitting he bot- ?som late on which the pennies rest, being z-ea y removed.

From the construction and o eration which I have described, it will be 0 served that not only is a novel coin controlled mechanism provided, but that the machine embodies simple and effective means for con meeting the various parts thereof and locking sea s; -l

.1 any the combination against rota a casin havin a coin slot leadin tion said plate having two rows of teeth.

formed thereon, and means whereby a prehmmary rotary movement of said rotatable member against an-lnserted coln', results 1n sufficient pressure of said coin on said locking plate to release the-latter from engagement with said rotatable member and permit the gontinued rotation of said last named mem- 2. In a vending machine, the combination with a casing having a coin slot and outlet chute, and a receptacle surmounting the cas ing, of a-spring actuated plate pivoted in the casing said plate having a plurality of teeth formed thereon, a rotatable pocket carryin member in sa1d*-- casing with which sai toothed plate is adapted to norm-ally engage, a coin receiving recess in said rotatable member adapted to receive a coin inserted through said coin slot, said coin adapted by the rotary movement of said rotatable member to press upon said toothed plate and force the latter out of locking engagement with the rotatable member permittin a free rotative movement of said last named member.

3. In a vending machine, the combination with a casing having a discharge chute, a coin inlet slot and a coin outlet slot, and a receptacle surmounting said casing, of a pivote and spring actuated plate within said casing, said plate having inner and outer rows of teeth and being normally pressed toward the outer wall 0 the casing, a sprin actuated rotatable member mount-ed in said casing and having a depending lug adapted to normally en age one of the mner teeth of said toothed p ate when movement is imparted to said rotatable member, and having a coin receiving recess, a coin inserted therein adapted by a reliminary movement of said rotatable mem er to press said toothed plate out of engagement with said rotatable memher and permit the movement of the coin thereby to the discharge opening.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with a fixed, horizontally disposed late of a movable horizontally disosed dis h having a coin receiving pocket ormed therein, a member hav' 0 a plurality of teeth formed thereon, carrieil by the fixed plate, means for normally forcing said toothed member toward the coin receiving ocket and a member carried by the movab 0 disk and adapted to engage the toothed member In testimony whereof my si until a coin is inserted in the coin receiving in presence of two witnesses.

pocket-said coin serving when so inserbe to throw the toothed member out of engage- 5 ment with the member of the movable disk, there being a coin discharging slot formed through the fixed plate.

V w ROBERT D. SIMIP Witnesses:

A. L. PHELPS,

C. C. SBEPBERD. 

